The paper by Finance Minister Christian Lindner is a calculated provocation—not so much against his Social Democratic and ...

German Chancellor Scholz says a vote of confidence is planned for January, possibly paving the way for snap elections. The move comes as Scholz fired Finance Minister Christian Lindner amid divisions ...

EU leaders and former heads of state from Europe and elsewhere will meet in Strasbourg on 1 July to pay tribute to the late German Chancellor, Helmut Kohl, in the European Parliament. Donec et ...

Helmut Kohl, of the CDU, was responsible for the second early Bundestag elections, in 1983. Kohl assumed power following a constructive vote of confidence in the then Chancellor Helmut Schmidt ...

Brandt was re-elected as chancellor. The SPD received 45.8% of the vote — its best result to date. Voter turnout was the highest ever for Bundestag elections, at 91.1%. Helmut Kohl of the Christian ...

because her mentor was Helmut Kohl. (“He looks like a chancellor,” she says. Of the pug.) That she would have a dog at all seems odd: The ex-chancellor was famously afraid of them, which is ...

After the breakdown of the coalition last week, Germany is getting ready for snap elections in February. We round up key ...

In May 1985, German Chancellor Helmut Kohl visited the site of the former Belsen concentration camp to mark the 40th anniversary of its liberation by British forces. Mark Hodkinson was a young ...

While the world was mesmerised by events in America, Europe’s biggest economy has seen its ruling coalition collapse. The fall of the German government on Wednesday night may lack the drama of Donald ...

After Chancellor Olaf Scholz's three-way coalition imploded last week, Germany is headed towards a new general election on February 23.

The Polish pope, canonized by Francis in 2014, demonstrated throughout his life that faith and peaceful resistance could ...